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About us
Conservation, environment and concerned citizens groups on the South Coast formed the South-East Conservation Alliance (SERCA) in September 2005. This action was taken to maximise efforts and resources and has been triggered initially by four major environmental issues affecting the region. These were the (then) new Bateman’s Shelf Marine Park; continued woodchipping of native forests; the release of the NSW Government’s South Coast Regional Planning Strategy; and a range of national park management issues.
SERCA’s current membership
Includes (in alphabetical order):
· Chipstop · The Coastwatchers Association Inc · Colong Foundation for Wilderness · Conservation Council of the SE Region and Canberra · Dignams Creek Community Group · Friends of Durras · Friends of the Five Forests · National Parks Association – Far South Coast Branch · SE Forest Rescue · Yurangalo Inc
What we do
SERCA’s operational area of interest encompasses the shires of Eurobodalla, Bega Valley and Bombala (plus parts of Cooma-Monaro and Snowy River), and meetings of SERCA are held every two to three months at locations rotated around this area.
SERCA brings environment and community groups together to ensure their voice is heard by government decision-makers. The real environmental and community concerns of residents who live in the region are only being given lip service by local and state government.
SERCA believes that community groups on the coast have attempted to constructively participate in formal environmental processes, but are not succeeding in protecting the coast from damaging development, nor from inappropriate land and forest management practices.
SERCA groups are working, both individually and collectively, to achieve eight major objectives: · Protection and restoration of native ecosystems, regardless of tenure; · Maintaining and improving biodiversity for all native species; · Promotion of ecologically sustainable land management across all land tenures; · Protection of catchment values; · Ending of woodchipping of native forests; · Forging of strong and positive partnerships with indigenous groups; · Protection and restoration of wilderness; and, · Promotion of an understanding and an appreciation of nature.
Would you like to join us?
SERCA invites any local environment group, or groups of citizens, or individuals concerned over environmental planning decisions and quality of life issues, to join them in their drive to protect the natural and social values of the SE Region of New South Wales.
If you want to become a member contact us.
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